2015 Community Service Summer Packet

Summer 2015 Upper School Community Service Opportunities

As an Episcopal school dedicated to respecting the dignity of every human being, Parish strives to empower students to become globally minded servant leaders. As servant leaders, students build relationships with the local and broader community in order to expand their responsibility as citizens and make a difference in the lives of others. www.parishepiscopal.org

Behind Every Door www.behindeverydoor.org/ Behind Every Door exists to bring the Fullness of the Love of Jesus to transform lives in underserved neighborhoods.

This sits on a foundation of building relationships.

Seeking volunteers to assist with the children’s program.

Typically a shift is 3 hours – 1.5 hours of tutoring/homework help/literacy. Then, 1.5 hours of enrichment (photography, entrepreneurship, art, music, sports, etc.).

Monday-Friday, 11:00am-2:00pm Village Oaks Apartments 3550 East Overton Road Dallas, TX 75216 Monday-Friday, 1:00pm-5:30pm Willow Pond Apartments 6003 Abrams Road Dallas, TX 75231 Volunteer application must be submitted behindeverydoor.org/volunteer.

Then, contact Davis Ridley to schedule shifts: davis@behindeverydoor.org or 214.460.0982.

Birthday Party Project www.thebirthdaypartyproject.org/ Birthday Party Project’s mission is to bring joy to homeless children through the magic of birthdays.

Seeking volunteers to help in the warehouse, filling bins for birthday parties.

Volunteers can self-schedule. There is no orientation required.

Monday-Friday 9:00am - 5:00pm 4950 Keller Springs, Suite 470 Addison, TX 75001 Contact Arden at hello@thebirthdaypartyproject.org or Annie Mullins at annie@thebirthdaypartyproject.org.

Brother Bill’s Helping Hand www.bbhh.org/ Brother Bill's Helping Hand is enriching the lives of men, women, and children by empowering through learning, encouraging through relationships, and ensuring the essentials for life.

Seeking volunteers to help with the following programs: - Grocery Store: Mondays restocking from 9:30am - 12pm, Wednesdays & Thursdays helping in the store from 10am - 1pm, and restocking Wednesday afternoons from 1:30 - 3:30pm - Kid's Craft Time on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 10am - 1pm bring your own simple craft or use our materials and books - Reading Room on Tuesdays and Fridays from 9:30 - 10:30am read to the kids while their moms are in exercise class - Enrichment Camps - plan and lead a Kids' Arts & Crafts Camp, Reading Camp, or Science Camp on any weekdays throughout the summer - Sports Camps - plan and lead a Kids' Basketball or Volleyball Camp on any weekdays throughout the summer - basketball goals, basketballs, and volleyball nets provided - Soccer Camp - high school students help coach elementaryaged kids on June 10-12 from 7am - 1pm (transportation from Highland Park included) and moms needed to help with supervision - Back to School Carnival on Saturday, August 15th from 10am 1pm

3906 N. Westmoreland Dallas, TX 75212 No orientation is required. Volunteers fill out the necessary paperwork when they arrive.

Contact the BBHH Assistant Director, Adair Neely, at volunteer@bbhh.org or 214-638-2196 to schedule volunteer opportunities.

Community Partners of Dallas www.communitypartnersdallas.org The mission of Community Partners of Dallas is to ensure safety, restore dignity, and inspire hope for the abused and neglected children served by Dallas County Child Protective Services.

Seeking volunteers to assist with the Back to School Drive.

Activities will include school supply inventory, backpack stuffing, and possibly distributing backpacks/uniforms.

Monday-Friday 9:00am-5:00pm 1215 Skiles Street Dallas, TX 75204 Orientation is not required. Volunteers will fill out the necessary paperwork when they arrive.

Contact Martha Robinson, Manager of Volunteer Services, at Martha@cpdtx.org or 214-624-7585 to schedule shifts.

Dallas LIFE www.dallaslife.org/ Dallas LIFE is a place where homeless men, women and children can receive help and hope during their time of need. Dallas LIFE is a path to recovery and self-sufficient living. Dallas LIFE is a promise that there is a way to begin again.

Seeking volunteers to serve meals, sort donations, or work with children.

1100 Cadiz Street Dallas, TX 75215 All volunteers must submit a volunteer application http://www.dallaslife.org/applications.html.

Once a volunteer application is submitted and approved, volunteers can view the agency’s online schedule and schedule shifts. Or you can contact Anna Brantley at 469569-9866 or abrantley@dallaslife.org.

All volunteers under 18 must be accompanied by an adult.

Orientation and training is done on the day of service.

Family Place www.familyplace.org/ The Family Place empowers victims of family violence by providing safe housing, counseling and skills that create independence while building community engagement and advocating for social change to stop family violence.

Seeking volunteers to help with administrative tasks and with their Children’s Program.

Multiple office locations.

Volunteers must be 16 years old or older.

Volunteers must submit a volunteer application http://www.familyplace.org/volunteer. Once application is submitted volunteers contact Essete Workneh, Volunteer and In-Kind Donations Manager, at Volunteer@familyplace.org.

Feed My Starving Children www.fmsc.org/ Feed My Starving Children is a non-profit Christian organization committed to feeding God’s children hungry in body and spirit. The approach is simple: children and adults hand-pack meals specifically formulated for malnourished children, and we ship these meals to our distribution partners. FMSC meals have reached nearly 70 countries around the world in our history.

Parish is hosting Feed My Starving Children in Dallas again this year! Join us as we pack over one million meals in our gym to send abroad for kids in third world countries.

August 21 – August 23 Set Up and Tear Down Needs on August 20 and August 23 2-hour shifts available 4101 Sigma Road Dallas, TX 75244 Volunteers must register for a shift online at www.fmsc.org/.

Registration will be open 6 weeks ahead of time.

In the meantime, contact Mrs. Fuquay with any questions at vfuquay@parishepiscopal.org.

Genesis Women’s Outreach www.genesisshelter.org/ The agency’s mission is to end the epidemic of domestic violence against women and children by stopping individual victimization and reducing the devastating impact of family violence through safety, shelter and expert services to battered women and their children. They are committed to preventing violence by raising the level of community awareness regarding the pervasiveness and effects of domestic violence.

Seeking volunteers to help with office tasks and/or childcare at their Outreach Office.

Monday-Thursday, 9:00am-9:00pm Friday, 9:00am-5:00pm 4411 Lemmon Avenue, Suite 201 Dallas, TX 75219 Volunteers must apply online at https://gwss.typeform.com/to/hQk39W or by visiting www.genesisshelter.org/volunteer. A one-hour orientation is required and volunteers will be informed of orientation dates by email once a volunteer application is submitted. Once application is submitted and orientation is completed, shifts can be scheduled at www.genesisshelter.org/volunteer or by emailing Dodie Hamrick, Community Outreach Manager, at dhamrick@genesisshelter.org.

Volunteers must be 15 years old or older to volunteer at the outreach office.

Goodwill Industries of Dallas, Inc. www.goodwilldallas.org/ Goodwill Industries of Dallas creates jobs and job training opportunities for persons with disabilities and other barriers to employment.

Seeking retail store and warehouse volunteers.

Retail Stores – Open seven days a week Multiple locations Goodwill Warehouse – Monday-Friday, 8:00am – 4:30pm 3020 N. Westmoreland Road Dallas, TX 75212 Volunteers should contact the Goodwill Volunteer Coordinator, Pearce Edwards, to schedule an orientation and facility tour. This will expose volunteers to the mission and programs, and how they will fit in the volunteer program. Pearce can be reached at 214-638-2800 ext. 246 or pedwards@goodwilldallas.org.

Volunteers must be 14 years old or older. 17 years old and younger are required to have a parent/guardian present when volunteering; the parent/guardian will be required to sign a waiver for the youth volunteer.

Heart House hearthousedallas.org/ Heart House is a free, year-round program that provides safety, education, and opportunity to at-risk students.

Seeking Health & Fitness Summer Program Volunteers.

Volunteers will read with students daily, cook with students weekly, participate in fun exercise classes weekly (i.e.

Zumba, Yoga), and possibly chaperone a week of field trips during the last week of summer programming.

July 6-August 13 (Monday-Thursday) 12:30-4:30p (need volunteers mainly from 1-3p, but any time given is great) 8515 Park Lane Dallas, TX 75231 Summer camp locations can vary. Confirm location with Ms. Johnson.

An orientation is required. Volunteers should contact Erika Johnson, Community Relations Manager, at ejohnson@hearthousedallas.org to set up an orientation.

Orientation/Site Tour is about 30 minutes. A volunteer application will be completed at orientation.

Hope’s Door www.hopesdoorinc.org/ Hope’s Door offers intervention and prevention services to individuals and families affected by domestic violence and to provide educational programs that empower the community’s capacity to respond.

Seeking volunteers to assist at their shelter, resale shop and outreach center.

Various locations and needs.

Counseling Center and Administrative Offices 860 F. Avenue, Suite 100 Plano, TX 75074 Resale Shop 3000 Custer Road, Suite 220 Plano, TX 75075 Shelter is open 24-7 Resale shop is open Monday-Saturday, 10am-6pm and Sunday, 12:00pm-5:00pm Outreach Center is open Monday-Friday, 8:30am-5:30pm Volunteer orientation is required. Monthly orientations are on Saturday mornings from 10:30am-12:00pm. To schedule an orientation and volunteer shifts, please contact Melanie O’Brien, Volunteer Coordinator, at melanie.obrien@hopesdoorinc.org or 972.422.2911 ext. 219.

Jubilee Park & Community Center www.jubileecenter.org/ Jubilee Park & Community Center is a catalyst for comprehensive community revitalization and enrichment in the southeast Dallas surrounding neighborhood, with emphasis on the education of children and adults.

Seeking summer camp volunteers, to help with activities including meals, sports, and enrichment activities.

907 Bank Street Dallas, TX 75223 June 15-19 June 22-26 June 29-July 2 July 6-10 July 13-17 July 20-24 July 27-July 31 Volunteers must commit to a full week of volunteering from 7:30am-2:30pm each day (lunch is provided). There will be a mandatory training beforehand (dates still TBD but will be scheduled with the Volunteer Coordinator).

To volunteer contact Allison Johnson, Volunteer Coordinator, at 214-887-1364 or volunteer@jubileecenter.org.

Volunteers must be 15 years old or older.

Mercy Street www.mercystreetdallas.org/ Mercy Street’s mission is to build up Christian leaders in West Dallas with the hope that they will come and give back to their community. They do this through 3 strategic planks: Mentoring, Sports, and the Leadership Institute.

Seeking Summer Reading and Play Camp volunteers to help read to the kids, play and eat lunch with them. They would love to have volunteers who can commit to the whole week, but that is not a requirement.

3801 Holystone Street Dallas, TX 75212 June 15 – June 19 11:00am-1:00pm To sign up, please contact Nicole Livingston 214-730-4839 nicole@mercystreetdallas.org.

New Friends New Life www.newfriendsnewlife.org/ New Friends New Life restores and empowers formerly trafficked girls and women and their children. By providing access to education, job training, interim financial assistance, mental health and spiritual support, New Friends New Life helps women and their children overcome backgrounds of abuse, addiction, poverty, and limited opportunities.

Seeking children’s program and children’s summer camp volunteers.

Preston Road Church of Christ 6409 Preston Road Dallas, TX 75205 Wednesday Evening Children’s Program 5:45pm-7:45pm Children’s Summer Camp July 6-July 10 8:30am-5:30pm And orientation is required. Please contact Taryn Mays at tmays@newfriendsnewlife.org for orientation dates.

After attending an orientation, contact Jessica Pate at jpate@newfriendsnewlife.org to sign up to volunteer. ***Due to the extremely sensitive nature of this agency, they ask that parents or guardians be aware of this agency’s mission and attend the orientation with their student.

North Texas Food Bank www.ntfb.org NTFB passionately pursues a hunger-free community.

Seeking distribution center volunteers to bag, box, and sort through food items in a warehouse environment.

Tuesday-Saturday 9:00am-11:30am or 1:00pm-3:30 pm 4500 S. Cockrell Hill Dallas, TX 75236 Volunteers 10 years old to 15 years old must be accompanied by an adult. Volunteers 16 years old and older can volunteer unaccompanied.

To sign up for shifts please visit http://web.ntfb.org/getinvolved/volunteer/request-form. For questions contact Amanda Mota, Volunteer Experience Associate, at AmandaM@ntfb.org.

Oak Hill Academy www.oakhillacademy.org/ The mission of Oak Hill Academy is to provide specialized education for students, pre-k through 12th grade, who exhibit or are at-risk for learning differences and/or social challenges.

Seeking MineCraft Summer Learning Camp volunteers.

Volunteers will assist teachers in delivering the Minecraftbased curriculum in the academic areas of math, science, and reading to our unique population of students in 1st through 7th grades who exhibit or are at-risk for learning differences or social challenges.

June 8 – June 19 9:00am-12:00pm, 12:00pm-4:00pm, or all-day shifts available Interested volunteers should contact Brit Smart, Head of Lower School, at bsmart@oakhillacademy.org or call 214353-8804.

Paul Quinn College http://www.pqc.edu/ PQC provides a quality, faith-based education that addresses the academic, social, and Christian development of students and prepares them to be servant leaders and agents of change in their communities.

Seeking volunteers to help on their farm.

Community Volunteer Days 2nd Saturday of each month 9:00am-11:00am 3837 Simpson Stuart Road Dallas, TX 75241 Since Paul Quinn loses most of their student volunteers during the summer, they would love for Parish to step in! Come ready to be outside picking weeds, tending to plants, etc.

To sign up for a shift, please contact Hannah Koski at hkoski@pqc.edu or call 214-376-1000. Wear comfortable clothing that may get dirty and closed-toed shoes are required. Also consider bringing water, a hat, sunscreen, bug spray, and gardening gloves.

Rays of Light www.raysoflightdallas.org/ Rays of Light, a Texas 501(c)(3) corporation, is dedicated to providing free, quality respite care to families with children with special needs, across the spectrum, in the Dallas metropolitan area. Together with our volunteers, we strive to lend support and relief to these families through our respite care program called Night Lights.

Seeking Friday Night Lights volunteers and Summer Splash volunteers.

9200 Inwood Road Dallas, TX 75220 Friday Night Lights June 5, June 12 and June 19 (Fridays), 5:30pm-10:00pm Summer Splash Events August 1 and 8 (Saturdays), 12:30pm-5:00 pm *In addition to regular indoor activities, they have numerous outside water activities, including a huge, inflatable water slide.

No orientation is required, but volunteers must submit a volunteer application and read the Volunteer Handbook before volunteering. Volunteers under 18 need to submit a letter of recommendation (can be an adult friend of the family, coach, teacher, etc.). All forms are available at www.raysoflightdallas.org. Volunteer shifts can be scheduled with Debbie Solomon, Program Director, at 214706-9579 or debbie@raysoflightdallas.org.

RISE Adaptive Sports www.riseadaptivesports.org/ RISE Adaptive Sports assists persons with physical challenges to Recover, Inspire, Succeed and Empower themselves and others by providing inclusive adaptive recreational sports programs.

Seeking volunteers to assist individuals with physical disabilities in different programs by participating and playing alongside them.

Locations vary.

Please reference the RISE Adaptive Sports calendar at http://www.riseadaptivesports.org/wp/volunteer/; any events/programs listed on the calendar are in need of volunteers. In order to volunteer, please complete a reservation on the calendar of the event/program you would like to attend 48 hours prior.

Please visit http://www.riseadaptivesports.org/ for more information about volunteering, or contact Beth Foster at bfoster@riseadaptivesports.org.

Volunteers must be 18 years old or older unless accompanied by a parent/guardian.

Seven Loaves Community www.7loavescommunity.org/ Seven Loaves Community is committed to holistically serving people in need in Plano, Texas and Collin County. They seek to meet the basic needs for food to all who are food insecure and access to health care and social services for those at and below the poverty level.

Seeking volunteers to help in the food pantry on Thursdays and Saturdays. They request volunteers arrive at the pantry no later than 3:15pm on Thursdays and 8:30am on Saturdays.

In addition to Thursdays and Saturdays you may consider helping by bagging, sorting and moving food. This takes place on Wednesday nights from 6:00pm-8:30pm and Friday mornings from 9:00am until noon.

5801 W. Plano Parkway Plano, TX 75093 Volunteer application required. To register as a volunteer and schedule shifts, visit www.7loavescommunity.org/volunteer/.

SPCA of Texas www.spca.org/ The SPCA is providing every animal exceptional care and a loving home.

Seeking volunteers to help with the children’s Summer Critter Camps which run at both the Dallas and McKinney shelters.

They will allow youth camp mentor counselors to volunteer without parents starting at age 14.

2400 Lone Star Drive Dallas, TX 75212 8411 Stacy Road/FM 720 McKinney, TX 75070 Camps run weekly beginning the week of June 8. The last camp runs the week of August 10. There is not a camp the week of 4th of July.

Volunteers must be able to commit to a full week – 8:30am3:30pm Monday-Friday.

Orientation is required. To register for an orientation and become a camp mentor, visit www.spca.org/volunteer or contact Michelle Douglas, Volunteer Relations Manager, at mdouglas@spca.org.

St. Philip’s School & Community Center http://www.stphilips1600.org/ St. Philip’s School and Community Center exists to enhance the lives of children and families, regardless of economic background but with particular emphasis on low and moderate income families, through educational excellence, Christian principles, and compatible community services.

Seeking volunteers to assist with their summer camps.

June 8th-July 24th, Monday through Friday 8:00am-5:30pm 1600 Pennsylvania Ave. Dallas, TX 75215 From 9:00am-12:00pm the children will do fun academic activities and from 1:00pm-4:00pm they will have arts enrichment that include theater, music, art and dance. They will also have weeks were they focus on nutrition, marimba drum camp, tennis and lacrosse.

For more information and to sign up, please contact LaSheryl Walker, Community Outreach Director, at Lwalker@stphilips.com or 214-421-5221, ext. 140.

35th National Veterans Wheelchair Games www.wheelchairgames.org The National Veterans Wheelchair Games are an outgrowth of the Department of Veterans Affairs’ historic involvement in wheelchair sports.

Seeking volunteers to assist with their 35th games.

June 21 – June 26 For a complete description of requirements for volunteers and to sign up to volunteer for specific events, go to wheelchairgames.org/volunteers/. Alternatively, you may contact Bobbie Scoggins or Tina McDaniel at NVWGDallasVolunteer@va.gov or 1-800-924-8387 ext.

36581.

The minimum volunteer age is 14 years old.

Vanessa Fuquay Director of Community Service vfuquay@parishepiscopal.org